The boatload of officers and soldiers, and the entourage were all panicked when they heard of Lin Yanchao's appearance.

Ma Yu's case is a sensation in the world, after Ma Yu was killed by Lin Yanchao, Lin Yanchao was unscathed, and Ma Yu's head is still hanging at the head of Kaifeng City, and I heard that he will go to Weihui Mansion in a few days.

This is called spreading the first word to show the public, and calm the anger of the people in Henan.

As for Ma Yu's minions, it didn't end well, and hundreds of people were arrested.

These minions were also treated differently, following Ma Yu from Beijing, or defecting to Shang Hao halfway, and were locked up in the prison of the political secretary, waiting to be released.

As for those who join Henan, then there will be no good end, they will all be taken into custody by various prefectures, and those who can be sentenced and locked up are also good.

The most feared thing is that those who were released were caught and killed by the angry people on the way before they could return home.

It can be seen that the people of Henan hate Ma Yu and his minions to this extent.

And Lin Yanchao came with the will of the people, if the sentence 'you take bribes', then the people of Henan can really eat a boatload of them raw without adding any seasonings.

So can a boat full of people not tremble?

Seeing this, Chen Ju forced himself to calm down: "What are you panicking, where is this territory right now?" ”

An officer and soldier reported: "There are still 10 miles of waterway from Guide Province. ”

"It's bad, it's bad, this Lin Sanyuan is going to kill us halfway before we cross the border, does he have any deep hatred with us?"

The people were immediately extremely depressed.

But Chen Ju heard a hint of fame from it, if Lin Yanchao wants to be unfavorable to himself, he doesn't have to rush to do it.

This departure from the country ten miles to come, may also be out of the welcome.

This is an extremely heavy etiquette in officialdom, when the senior officials pass by the place.

If the magistrate guards the border to greet him, it can be regarded as a grand salute, but if he leaves the country for ten miles to greet him, it can be called 'shameless'.

Chen Ju couldn't help but think of this, thinking that he could let Lin Yanchao go out for dozens of miles to greet him.

Just as he was thinking this, he heard a sudden cannon sound outside the ship, and the hull of the ship also shook!

Not good! Lin Manzi is going to bomb the ship!

Chen Ju was shocked, did Lin Yanchao really want to kill himself?

A boatload of people was lying on the board, and another person jumped into the water from the gangside in a panic!

On the official ship, Lin Yanchao was giving an order, and the officers and soldiers on the ship fired cannons to greet each other.

The eunuch of the celebrant Bingbi came, can it not be grand? Artillery is a must.

The other officers and soldiers used all their strength to beat the big gongs and drums, and Lin Yanchao also asked several local squires with high moral standing to stand at the bow of the boat, pick up the congratulatory watch and read it.

"The East China Sea is rising, and the emperor's grace is mighty......"

The sound was noisy with the gongs and drums on the boat, and the firecrackers rang out in unison, but at this time, I saw the oncoming Chen Juzao boat, a person flew out of the porthole, and fell into the water with a pop.

Then, despite the cold, he struggled to swim to the shore!

Lin Yanchao and the boatload of people were dumbfounded.

"East China Sea Yangbo? The Emperor's Grace ??? ”

On a boat far away, the local county magistrate looked at Lin Yanchao's noisy appearance of gongs and drums, and said to the left and right: "It seems that Lin Sima has already met the lieutenant envoy!" ”

Left and right asked: "Taizun, should we also follow!" ”

The county commander waved his hand and said: "No, if we go up at this time, we will welcome the eunuchs, and it will be disgraced in the officialdom." ”

"Then why can Sima Lin go?"

The county commander smiled and said, "How could Lin Sima do something to welcome him." It's just that this Ma Yu was killed for doing evil on his front feet, and now there is another person, so he must be warned. ”

"This Lin Sima went to greet the Zhongguan, and the practical intention was to let him not come nonsense, so as not to repeat Ma Yu's mistakes. So he can do this, but we can't, otherwise it's just a welcome. ”

Left and right gave thumbs up and said, "I see, it's too respectful!" It's really brilliant! ”

Chen Ju's ship.

Lin Yanchao and Chen Ju looked at each other.

Seeing Chen Ju's reluctantly calm look, Lin Yanchao wanted to say something, but the envoy was frightened.

But it is very inappropriate to say this at this moment.

Just as Lin Yanchao was thinking about the wording, Chen Ju said: "Lin Tongzhi has a heart." ”

Lin Yanchao breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The envoy came to Henan on an errand on an errand by the emperor, and he did not commit any crimes along the way. Ben Cheng also knows that there are good and bad people, and he can't generalize, in the face of Chen Gonggong, Ben Cheng only has admiration in his heart. ”

This remark was open, and the people on the boat were relieved, seeing that the person who had just jumped out of ship had been rescued, but the consequence of the 'winter tour' was to go to half a life.

Chen Ju coughed and said immediately: "That's very good, but hearsay is not necessarily accurate." Lin Sima is better not to make a final decision, so as not to look bad when he gets it. ”

This is incomprehensible, and this time it was not successful, and it became a fright. Lin Yanchao didn't know if Chen Ju was unhappy with him from the bottom of his heart.

Lin Yanchao smiled and said: "Ben Cheng believes that Gonggong Chen will not disappoint me, and there is a banquet on the shore in front, and I invite Gonggong Chen to appreciate it!" ”

So they took a boat and came to the shore.

Chen Ju had heard a lot of Lin Yanchao's deeds in the palace, but unfortunately he had seen very few of them before. Therefore, coming here also has the meaning of leading Lin Yanchao.

And Lin Yanchao is also thinking about this person, this Chen Ju seems to have reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, his appearance is clear, and he is very ordinary, but the other party's eyes are fixed, and at a glance, he knows that he has a temperament that does not doubt when encountering major events.

After the wine and food were served, Chen Ju immediately said straight to the point: "I have always heard of Lin Tongzhi's learning of deeds in the capital, but I don't know what deeds refer to?" ”

Lin Yanchao saw that Chen Juqian had done his homework seriously and knew what he liked to hear, so he said: "This official thinks that the merit lies in the economy. ”

Chen Ju wiped a trace of surprise in his eyes and asked, "How can you see it?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "At present, there are all kinds of disadvantages of the country, such as officials being greedy for ink, the clan is increasing, and the side affairs are tired, but in fact, it boils down to one sentence, and the country is too wasted, so that the treasury has no money. ”

Chen Ju nodded and said: "Well said, in the change of Gengshu back then, our family was only a weak crown, and seeing that the godfather led the soldiers to be strong and stubborn, guarding the capital, our family admired it." In fact, the reason for the exhaustion of side affairs is that the imperial court has no money, and the treasury is more than the annual income in the Jiajing year, but why it is still impossible to pay the full military salary, which our family does not understand. ”

Chen Ju asked again: "At present, the military affairs in the southwest are resting, and the affairs in the eastern part of Liaodong are rising again, and the country uses the world's money and grain to supply the nine sides, but it is still insufficient. The saint has worked hard because of this, and our family is also worried. ”

"Our family thinks this is a bad luck, I don't know what Lin Sima thinks?"

This is to test yourself, Lin Yanchao said: "The best way is to change from water transportation to sea transportation." ”

"Can the change from water transportation to sea transport cure the root cause?" Chen Ju asked rhetorically.

Lin Yanchao said: "Of course, the sea can not only go to Beijing, but also to Liaodong, and the grain ships can arrive at Laowei Bay in the west of Kaiyuan City by sea, not only the grain matter in Beijing can be solved, but Liaodong can also get the benefits of shipping." ”

Chen Ju nodded when he heard this, this matter of changing transportation to sea transportation is very difficult to do, but the plan is the same as his.

In a few words, Chen Ju deeply felt that Lin Yanchao was in harmony with his political views.

Chen Ju didn't know that Lin Yanchao had done a good job of attacking the strategy earlier, and this matter of opening up the sea was also Chen Ju's political opinion in history. At present, Chen Ju can't help but feel like a confidant to Lin Yanchao.

This is very important, not to mention history, just to say that now Chen Ju has a great chance of becoming the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, once he takes the throne, will he like a cabinet scholar with the same political views as him, or a different political opinion?

You must know that the reason why Zhang Juzheng is so proud is that he and Feng Bao have become 'one palace and pavilion'.

In history, many cabinet scholars were ousted from power by the eunuchs who held the seal of the celebrant and the eunuch, and the past can be learned.

Lin Yanchao chatted with Chen Ju, and the more the two talked, the more speculative they became. As Gao Huai said, Chen Ju is quite a politically ambitious person, and it is precisely because of his farsightedness that he can cherish his feathers, and he does not ask for bribes or harass the people when he passes by, which is the proof.

Therefore, Lin Yanchao's method of sycophant is to strive to be in line with his political views, and the matter of entering the cabinet is still far from him, but if he can be appreciated by Chen Ju, then he will be transferred back to Beijing in the future and have a great chance of re-entering the Hanlin Academy.

The two talked and talked, and it was already time for King Lu to become a vassal.

This is also where the political views of the two are prone to diverge.

Lin Yanchao wants to stick to Chen Ju, but also to stick to his political bottom line, which is quite difficult to say.

Chen Ju said while using wine and food: "Your officials in Henan want King Lu to move to Huguang to settle the domain, but the fields allocated by the imperial court to King Lu are all in Henan. The mansion is in Huguang, but the domain is in Henan, and it is not easy for our family to explain this matter to the saint. ”

Lin Yanchao said: "If you build another mansion, it will cost nearly 700,000 taels, and Henan's annual tax is only 1.5 million taels. Henan is so poor, if you can persuade King Lu not to build a mansion in Henan, the father-in-law is very good, and the people will be grateful for your kindness. ”

"But I heard that the nearly 700,000 taels of money for the construction of the mansion, Ma Yu has ordered Henan Province to collect it." The stereotypes are unmoved.

"There are no 700,000, only 300,000 are collected, and the debts of the governments for many years are still recovered. In order to complete the assessment, the province forced the government, the government forced the county, and the county forced the officials and officials to go to the countryside to urge the levy. The people are miserable, last year Ma Yu forcibly seized the people's wealth and broke more than 100 households, but under the tyrannical expropriation, there were more than 100 households, and a winter only passed, but more than 2,000 people in Kaifeng Mansion had starved to death! ”

Hearing Lin Yanchao say this, Chen Ju gasped, Kaifeng Mansion is still the capital, and the other provinces don't know how many people have starved to death?

"Why are the officials so harsh? The government of the imperial court is fiercer than the tiger? Chen Ju was very touched and put down his chopsticks.

Lin Yanchao said: "The disadvantages of this examination law, the official levy of grain is related to the examination results, and those who pay less than eighty percent of the taxes will be dismissed under the examination law." Therefore, with a word from my father-in-law, countless people in Henan can live. ”

Chen Ju was silent for a while when he heard this, and then said: "The law of the test is a good law of Jiangling Gong, but it was ruined like this in Ma Yu's hands. ”

After a pause, Chen Ju said again: "Our family can write to persuade Your Majesty to let King Lu go to Huguang, but how to use this collection of 300,000 yuan?" ”

Chen Ju's eyes were a little sharp.

Yes, the vassal king is insatiable, but the officials are not necessarily clean.

Chen Judao: "There have long been rumors in the court that Ma Yu's expropriation was too tyrannical, which aroused a collective protest by Henan officials. But are the hundred officials really asking for the people's lives? Some people say that Ma Yu is too greedy and ugly to eat, so that the officials can't get their hands on it and fill their own pockets. That's right, our family can live countless people with one sentence, but our family is even more afraid of the people's money, so they don't take it away from the vassal king, but into the pockets of corrupt officials and corrupt officials! ”

"Unless you can return the 300,000 taels to the people, can you do it?"

Listening to Chen Ju's words, it is difficult for ordinary people to refute, 300,000 taels of silver were issued to 5.2 million people in Henan, and one person could not share much money, not to mention, the administrative cost was also very large.

But seeing Lin Yanchao, he said calmly: "Please rest assured, the 300,000 taels of silver, Lin Mou intends to take it from the people and use it for the people." ”

"It's easy to take, but hard to use?" Chen Ju obviously didn't believe it.

Lin Yanchao pointed to the Jialu River on the bank: "Father-in-law, have you seen this river?" ”

Chen Ju nodded and said, "I see." ”

"This river is called Jialu River, this is the former dynasty of the famous minister Jia Lu repaired, father-in-law can go from Xuzhou to Kaifeng along this river, and it is convenient to walk on the road?"

Chen Ju said: "That's nature, it doesn't stop for a day"

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "That's because my father-in-law is honest." ”

"Incorruptible? How do you say that? ”

Lin Yanchao said: "The Yellow River has been plagued several times, and the river has been flooded several times, and the river channel has been silted up, so that riverboats with more than 200 stones cannot travel. ”

"The father-in-law doesn't take anything from the people, and of course this boat is also light, and the draft is not deep, so the journey is unimpeded."

Chen Ju was stunned when he heard this, and then asked, "So Lin Tongzhi wants to use these 300,000 taels to dredge this river?" ”

Lin Yanchao nodded and said: "Exactly, last year, the official had the intention of dredging the Jialu River, but the consumption was too great, so he gave up." ”

"Dredging this river has three benefits, one makes the waterway between Kaifeng and Xuzhou unimpeded, so that the grain ships of Suzhou and Hangzhou and Huguang can reach Kaifeng directly. Once there is enough food, the price of food will be lowered, and the people will not have to starve to death. ”

Second, dredge this river and provide relief through work, so that the poor people along the river can make a living, which is a living person.

Third, dredge this river, the trade route is convenient, not only can the imperial court set up a tax customs here, but also the canal is passed, business and trade, and the products of the governments on both sides of the strait can also be transported to Suzhou and Hangzhou. This point can refer to the Bianhe River in the Song Dynasty, which is a trade and benefiting workers. ”

"These three merits are also the three virtues that I implore my father-in-law to adopt."

Chen Ju asked Yan and smiled: "This sounds like a good law, Lin Tongzhi really has economic talent." But we still need to consider and listen to the advice of the Ministry of Industry. ”

Lin Yanchao said: "It's not that Ben Cheng has economic talent, but Chen Gonggong has economic talent." As long as the Jialu River is dredged, all the provinces will benefit, and millions of people will surely praise the merits of the father-in-law, and then the people along the river will set up a shrine, and the generations will sacrifice with incense to thank the father-in-law for his kindness. ”

Lin Yanchao's words are a bargaining chip, Chen Ju is not good at money, but he has a good reputation.

Ma Yu wants to make money, but he wants to be a good father-in-law who is admired by all the people. So Lin Yanchao took this as an exchange condition.

Chen Ju is very pleased, it is comfortable to deal with smart people.

Lin Yanchao can think about him so much, such a person is absolutely going to pull a hand.

So Chen Ju said: "Lin Tongzhi said well, you are so considerate of the people, I don't know what you want from the bottom of your heart?" ”

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